Acylation, trifluoroacetic anhydride

AijAT-dicyclohexylcarhodiimide (DCC) also leads to essentially quantitative conversion of amic acids to isoimides, rather than imides (30,31). Combinations of trifluoroacetic anhydride—triethjlarnine and ethyl chi oroform a te—triethyl amine also result in high yields of isoimides (30). A kinetic study on model compounds has revealed that isoimides and imides are formed via a mixed anhydride intermediate (12) that is formed by the acylation of the carboxylic group of amic acid (8). 

Furan can also be acylated by the Vilsmeier-Haack method. Acylation of furans can also be carried out with acid anhydrides and acyl halides in the presence of Friedel-Crafts catalysts (BF3-Et20, SnCU or H3PO4). Reactive anhydrides such as trifluoroacetic anhydride, however, require no catalyst. Acetylation with acetyl p-toluenesulfonate gives high yields. 

Carboxylic acids react with trifluoroacetic anhydride to give mixed anhydrides that are especially useful for the acylation of hindered alcohols and phenols ... 

Acylation of various oxygen functions by use of common and commercially available fluonnated carboxylic acid denvatives such as trifluoroacetic anhydride or the corresponding acyl halides have already been discussed sufficiently in the first edition [10] Therefore only exceptional observations will be described in this section In the past 15 years, many denvatizations of various nonfluonnated oxygen compounds by fluoroacylation were made for analytical purposes. Thus Mosher s acid chlorides for example became ready-to-use reagents for the determination of the enantiomeric purity of alcohols and amines by NMR or gas-liquid chromatographic (GLC) techniques [//] (equation 1)... 

When 2-lithio-2-(trimethylsilyl)-l,3-dithiane,9 formed by deprotonation of 9 with an alkyllithium base, is combined with iodide 8, the desired carbon-carbon bond forming reaction takes place smoothly and gives intermediate 7 in 70-80% yield (Scheme 2). Treatment of 7 with lithium diisopropylamide (LDA) results in the formation of a lactam enolate which is subsequently employed in an intermolecular aldol condensation with acetaldehyde (6). The union of intermediates 6 and 7 in this manner provides a 1 1 mixture of diastereomeric trans aldol adducts 16 and 17, epimeric at C-8, in 97 % total yield. Although stereochemical assignments could be made for both aldol isomers, the development of an alternative, more stereoselective route for the synthesis of the desired aldol adduct (16) was pursued. Thus, enolization of /Mactam 7 with LDA, as before, followed by acylation of the lactam enolate carbon atom with A-acetylimidazole, provides intermediate 18 in 82% yield. Alternatively, intermediate 18 could be prepared in 88% yield, through oxidation of the 1 1 mixture of diastereomeric aldol adducts 16 and 17 with trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA) in... 

Treatment of N-benzoyl-L-alanine with oxalyl chloride, followed by methanolic triethylamine, yields methyl 4-methyl-2-phenyloxazole-5-carboxylate 32 <95CC2335>. a-Keto imidoyl chlorides, obtained from acyl chlorides and ethyl isocyanoacetate, cyclise to 5-ethoxyoxazoles by the action of triethylamine (e.g.. Scheme 8) <96SC1149>. The azetidinone 33 is converted into the oxazole 34 when heated with sodium azide and titanium chloride in acetonitrile <95JHC1409>. Another unusual reaction is the cyclisation of compound 35 to the oxazole 36 on sequential treatment with trifluoroacetic anhydride and methanol <95JFC(75)221>. 

Several alternative procedures have been developed in which other reagents replace carbon monoxide as the migration terminus.11 The most generally applicable of these methods involves the use of cyanide ion and trifluoroacetic anhydride (TFAA). In this reaction the borane initially forms an adduct with cyanide ion. The migration is induced by N-acylation of the cyano group by TFAA. Oxidation and hydrolysis then give a ketone. 

Scheme 11.4 shows some other representative Friedel-Crafts acylation reactions. Entries 1 and 2 show typical Friedel-Crafts acylation reactions using A1C13. Entries 3 and 4 are similar, but include some functionality in the acylating reagents. Entry 5 involves formation of a mixed trifluoroacetic anhydride, followed by acylation in 85% H3PO4. The reaction was conducted on a kilogram scale and provides a starting material for the synthesis of tamoxifen. Entry 6 illustrates the use of bismuth triflate as... 

In method B, iV-trifluoroacetylimidazole and carboxylic acids are the acylating reagents. This method is also thought to proceed via a carboxylic trifluoroacetic anhydride. This second system is a very convenient reagent for obtaining aromatic ketones because of the use of free carboxylic acids [97]... 

A Nazarov-type cyclization was exploited to prepare annelated pyrroles <06OL163>. Acylation of iV-tosylpyrrole 65 with carboxylic acid 66 promoted by trifluoroacetic anhydride gave intermediate 2-ketopyrrole 67 which underwent a Nazarov-type cyclization to give cyclopenta[fc> pyrrolc 68. Another route to cyclopenta[fc]pyrroles involved a novel cyclization involving pyrrole-substituted enones and isocyanides <06OL3975>. 

Treated with trifluoroacetic anhydride, sulfoxides 218 undergo conversion to triazapentalenes 219 with high yields. The process must involve acylation of the sulfoxide oxygen atom and generation of a carbocation that attacks the N-2 atom of benzotriazole. Hydrogenation over Raney nickel cleaves the C-S and one of the N-N bonds to generate >rtfe -substituted anilines 220 (Scheme 27) <2002EJ0493>. 

Acylation The reagent catalyses the arylation of activated aromatic compounds by reaction with carboxylic acids. Thus methyl phenyl ether can be acylated with acetic acid in presence of trifluoroacetic anhydride in good yields. 

Rate constants and Arrhenius parameters for the reaction of Et3Si radicals with various carbonyl compounds are available. Some data are collected in Table 5.2 [49]. The ease of addition of EtsSi radicals was found to decrease in the order 1,4-benzoquinone > cyclic diaryl ketones, benzaldehyde, benzil, perfluoro propionic anhydride > benzophenone alkyl aryl ketone, alkyl aldehyde > oxalate > benzoate, trifluoroacetate, anhydride > cyclic dialkyl ketone > acyclic dialkyl ketone > formate > acetate [49,50]. This order of reactivity was rationalized in terms of bond energy differences, stabilization of the radical formed, polar effects, and steric factors. Thus, a phenyl or acyl group adjacent to the carbonyl will stabilize the radical adduct whereas a perfluoroalkyl or acyloxy group next to the carbonyl moiety will enhance the contribution given by the canonical structure with a charge separation to the transition state (Equation 5.24). 

A new synthetic method of benzofuran was reported (equation 39). The [3,31-sigma-tropic rearrangement of Af-trifluoroacetyl enehydroxylamines 136 obtained in situ by acylation of oxime ethers 135 in the presence of trifluoroacetic anhydride lead to the synthesis of cyclic or acyclic dihydrobenzofurans 138. The effects of base and temperature on the reaction products were studied. A similar pathway to that of Fisher indolization was proposed. The acylimine formed by the [3,3]-sigmatropic rearrangement of the V-trifluoroacetyl enehydroxylamine 136 gave the dihydrobenzofuran 137 by an intramolecular cyclization or the benzofuran 138 after elimination. 

Methods of acylating pyrrole similar to the present one have been reported using oxalyl chloride,5 trifluoroacetic anhydride,6 carbamic acid chloride,7 and trichloroacetyl chloride.8 In the last preparation, it was necessary to separate the product from highly colored by-products by alumina chromatography. Pyrrol-2-yl trichloromethyl ketone has also been prepared by the interaction of pyrrolylmagnesium halide and trichloroacetyl chloride.9... 

The general picture emerging is that acid chlorides are sufficiently electrophilic to N-acylate carbazole directly but that acid anhydrides require a Lewis acid or protonic acid catalyst. Direct and efficient N-trifluoroacetyla-tion with trifluoroacetic anhydride nicely illustrates the balance, this more reactive anhydride requiring no catalyst. ... 

Acylation of an ad hoc substrate with a fluorinated reagent (e.g., trifluoroacetic anhydride, hexafluoroacetone). 

Chan and co-workers (73) generated the novel mtinchnone-sydnone hybrids 127-128 by cyclodehydration of the sydnone glycine (125) and alanine (126), respectively. Trapping with DMAD gave 129 and 130. Maleic anhydride and dimethyl maleate failed to capture these mtinchnone-sydnone hybrids. Exposure of 125 to trifluoroacetic anhydride gave acylated mtinchnone 131 [by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)]. Workup afforded the hydrolysis product 132 (Scheme 10.24). 

Chloro, 3-bromo, 3-iodo, and 3-nitro derivatives of 5,7-dimethyl-pyrazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidine derivatives were prepared by chlorination, bromination, iodination, and nitration of 3-unsubstituted 5,7-dimethyl-pyrazolo[l,5-a]pyrimidines. Reaction with bromine and potassium thiocyanate gave a 3-thiocyanato derivative, which was converted into the mercapto derivative upon saponification. Nitrosation gives the 3-nitroso derivative and acylation with trifluoroacetic anhydride affords the trifluoroacetyl derivative (74JMC645 77JMC386). 

By acetolysis of a- or /3-methylene acetals of polyols with trifluoroacetic anhydride-carboxylic acid mixtures, derivatives may be prepared71 that are O-acylated at the primary hydroxyl group, and that have free hydroxyl groups at certain secondary positions. 

The acylation of alkenes with trifluoroacetic anhydride having only weak elec-trophilicity was reported to give a,p-unsaturated ketones in 19-49% yields.117 118 The reaction requires the use of the Me2S—BF3 complex as catalyst and takes place only with alkenes that readily form stable carbocations. Alkenes were also electrolyzed in CH2C12 solution of Et4NCl as the electrolyte at —5 to — 10°C in the... 

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